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According to European Commission Decision 2007/589/EC amended by Decision 2009/339/EC, small emitters may opt to use a simplified method to determine their fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions for EU ETS monitoring and reporting purposes (1). The European Commission has now approved EUROCONTROL’s simplified fuel consumption estimation tool which has been developed for this purpose. The tool meets the requirements of the guidelines established by Decision 2007/589/EC in respect of the approach based on individual flights, actual route length and statistically sound fuel consumption relationships.
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The Small Emitters’ Tool is freely available for use without charge. It may also be used by aircraft operators who are not small emitters for determining estimates of fuel consumption for specific flights where actual fuel consumption data is missing (2).
The tool is based on the method developed for the assessment of the historical aviation emissions which would have been covered by the EU ETS Scheme in 2004-2006. It uses statistically robust fuel consumption coefficients for the majority of common aircraft types as well as a more generic approach for other aircraft.
(1) It should be noted that operators that will select this method for completing their Annual Emissions reports must indicate this intention in their monitoring plans (See Annex XIV paragraph 4 of Decision 2009/339/EC).
(2) See Annex XIV paragraph 5 of Decision 2009/339/EC.
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- Open the Excel Spread Sheet
- Select "enable macros"
- Enter the Aircraft type in column A*. The aircraft type must be a valid ICAO aircraft type
- Enter distance flown in nautical miles into column B**
- The tool will then calculate an estimated fuel burn (in kg) in column C and an estimation of CO2 emissions (in kg) in column D
- Column E will either give an ‘ok’ message to confirm the calculation or an error message if, for example, the aircraft type is not found
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* Please note that when entering an aircraft type, the tool may automatically calculate a figure for fuel burn and emissions before you enter a distance flown. This is because the tool is programmed with a set of default figures for the LTO (Landing and Take-Off) cycle which can cause a value to be given even if the distance is zero. Once you enter the actual distance flown, the tool will update the figures for fuel burn and emissions to take account of the complete sector flown.
**This should be either the actual distance flown where this is known, or the Great Circle Distance + 95 km (calculators are available online to convert from nm to km.1 Nautical Mile equals 1,852.00 metres)
If you need to add an aircraft type, or if you have any questions about using the tool, please contact us at ets.info@eurocontrol.int
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The tool, its documentation and quick user guide have been produced by the EUROCONTROL Agency to assist individual aircraft operators in estimating their consumption of fuel for flights operated over European airspace. All intellectual property rights, including, but not limited to trademarks, copyrights are owned by EUROCONTROL and are protected by applicable law. No part of this tool may be reproduced, modified or used for commercial purposes without the prior express written permission of EUROCONTROL.
EUROCONTROL accepts no liability for the content of this tool, in particular for the external data that are encoded by aircraft operators into the tool and over which it has no control, neither does it assume any liability for the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of this information or consequences of this use. Compliance of the aircraft operators with their obligations under European Union law, in particular the Emission Trading Scheme legislation, and national law remains entirely their own responsibility.
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Last validation: 08/07/2010
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